Osteoarthritis and cartilage
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Osteoarthr. Cartil. · Sep 2012
Association between spinal morning stiffness and lumbar disc degeneration: the Rotterdam Study.
To explore the associations between spinal morning stiffness and lumbar disc degeneration (LDD). ⋯ Reported spinal morning stiffness is associated with LDD. The associations increased when we combined spinal morning stiffness with low back pain. The magnitude of the association for the definition 'narrowing' is similar to the association between morning stiffness in the legs and knee or hip OA.